Most coaches of younger youth players spend most of their training sessions with countless drills, and then finish their session with a 'scrimmage'.At this age, most of the training session should be 'scrimmaging', replicating the game and giving them opportunities to play.
Soccer America's Mike Woitalla wrote a great article the other day in where he references that scrimmages shouldn't just be for 'dessert'.
At the youngest ages, they should just be playing soccer rather than doing drills anyway. When it becomes necessary to incorporate technical exercises into practice, why has it become the cardinal rule that they must be done at every practice and they must be done before the soccer-playing?
When a bunch of rambunctious youngsters show up to practice doesn't it make sense to let them get on with the soccer-playing? If you need to have them practice their passing technique, why not after they've played some real soccer? They might be more inclined to stay focused during a slower-paced activity after they've used up some energy.
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